Issue 2/2012
Special Issue: Measuring Patient-Oriented Outcome and Cognition in Neuro-Oncology
Content (16 Articles)
Reconsidering outcomes that matter to patients
Andrea Talacchi, Martin Taphoorn, Gabriele Miceli
Methodological issues in designing and reporting health-related quality of life in cancer clinical trials: the challenge of brain cancer studies
Fabio Efficace, Martin Taphoorn
Refining endpoints in brain tumor clinical trials
Christina A. Meyers, Edwin P. Rock, Howard A. Fine
Factors affecting the cerebral network in brain tumor patients
Jan J. Heimans, Jaap C. Reijneveld
Lessons from traumatic head injury for assessing functional status after brain tumour
J. T. Lindsay Wilson
Language testing in brain tumor patients
G. Miceli, R. Capasso, A. Monti, B. Santini, A. Talacchi
Memory disorders in patients with cerebral tumors
Giovanni A. Carlesimo
Agnosias: recognition disorders in patients with brain tumors
Guido Gainotti
Pre- and post-operative assessment of visuo-spatial functions in right hemisphere tumour patients: a pilot study
Barbara Emanuele, Barbara Santini, Andrea Talacchi, Massimo Gerosa, Silvia Savazzi
Measuring clinical outcomes in neuro-oncology. A battery to evaluate low-grade gliomas (LGG)
Costanza Papagno, Alessandra Casarotti, Alessandro Comi, Marcello Gallucci, Marco Riva, Lorenzo Bello
Investigation of cognitive impairments in people with brain tumors
Anna Rita Giovagnoli
The impact of chemotherapy on cognitive outcomes in adults with primary brain tumors
Lauren E. Abrey
Changes in neurocognitive functioning and quality of life in adult patients with brain tumors treated with radiotherapy
Silvia Scoccianti, Beatrice Detti, Samantha Cipressi, Alberto Iannalfi, Ciro Franzese, Giampaolo Biti
Cognition and resective surgery for diffuse infiltrative glioma: an overview
Martin Klein, Hugues Duffau, Philip C. De Witt Hamer
Cognitive outcome after awake surgery for tumors in language areas
B. Santini, A. Talacchi, G. Squintani, F. Casagrande, R. Capasso, G. Miceli
Cognitive outcome as part and parcel of clinical outcome in brain tumor surgery
A. Talacchi, D. d’Avella, L. Denaro, B. Santini, P. Meneghelli, S. Savazzi, M. Gerosa